To play devil's advocate... there is definitely a reason why a Goldman Sachs employee in NYC earns more than an employee at the same level in Salt Lake City.<p>Your salary is adjusted for cost of living where you are located, amongst many other things. You may not like it, but that's how it is. This whole talk about your home office being your space and so should be included in cost, OK cool. You are in West Virginia, a 2 br apt is ~$1000/mo, so how much is that home office you are making a fuss about? Say 500, that's $6000 a year. That is 2 month's rent in NY.<p>Other factors for higher pay in NY are immediate availability for in-person meetings with clients et al. Say what you want, but Zoom meetings will never be equal to in-person meetings for certain professions. Real closers will tell you that.<p>The same reason you feel you deserve more than a guy in India to do your job is the same reason a guy in NYC will tell you they deserve more to do their job.
Cost of living in New York is so bad, if you have a family it easily makes more sense to make 100 or so in Alabama then to make 200 in New York. New York has extremely punitive taxes so you can't just out earn your cost of living
The next coming months are crucial.<p>I imagine most members of Hacker News feel like they probably do pretty well financially.<p>Even if you think that way, your quality of life could potentially take a massive leap if you are able to retain your current salary and move to a lower cost area.<p>Don't waste a once in a lifetime opportunity for you and your family.
Companies pay the salaries they do because they <i>have to</i> in order to attract and retain employees.<p>If the trend of WFH continues then it's inevitable that companies will start reviewing their pay policies if they think they can get away with paying less.